{UAH} Strasbourg Christmas market gunman 'shot dead'

Frank Mujabi/ Edward Mo Irundrua,/ Edmund

This muslim terrorist who killed and injured so many people yetserday at the Christmas market in Strasbourg was allowed to escape by the stupid French police  because they wanted to capture him alive instead of shooting him dead there and then. Now they  have finally got him- this time they shot him in the head, instead of wasting time and risking lives arresting him. If only the French would demonstrate they are on the side of the people and not the terrorists, they would send a very big message to  any muslim who tries to kill innocent civilians that he is not going to get out of it alive. He is going to die. This is the message that all muslim terrorists must be taught. That they will die, and no mercy will be given.

Bobby

Strasbourg Christmas market gunman 'shot dead'

Cherif Chekatt killed three and injured another 13 people at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday.

20:46, UK,Thursday 13 December 2018

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The man suspected of opening fire at a Christmas market and killing three people has been shot dead, according to reports.

Cherif Chekatt killed three and injured another 13 people at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Two police sources confirmed to Reuters that the 29-year-old was killed in the Neudorf-Meinau area of the city after a police operation was launched at around 9pm local time.

Earlier, witnesses reported "at least three" gunshots were heard in the district and a police helicopter was seen hovering overhead.

The area had been cordoned off by police earlier in the day by members of France's elite RAID force as part of a search by more than 700 police officers.

Chekatt had yelled "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire at the Christmas market and police are treating it as a terrorist incident.

But he had escaped following a gunfight with officers immediately after the attack

Image:Elite officers are involved in the search for the gunman

Image:Dozens of police were in the Neudorf area earlier

Asked if police had been told to capture the killer dead or alive, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux earlier told France's CNews: "It doesn't matter. The best thing would be to find him as quickly as possible."

A wanted poster issued for Chekatt warns: "Dangerous individual, above all do not intervene."

Hundreds of extra police and soldiers are being deployed to guard other public places, especially Christmas markets, said French prime minister Edouard Philippe.

Five people have been arrested as part of the manhunt, including Chekatt's parents and two of his brothers. The latest person to be arrested is a member of his "entourage".

Chekatt had 27 convictions in France, Germany and Switzerland, and authorities believe he became radicalised while in jail.

Image:The wanted poster warns: 'Dangerous individual, above all do not intervene'

He was also one of 25,000 people on the "S file" security risk - reserved for people suspected of extremism - and had been monitored since 2015.

Three people were killed in the market attack, including a Thai tourist named by the embassy in Paris as Anupong Suebsamarn, 45.

The other victims have not been named but French media reported one is a 52-year-old Strasbourg man who was killed while leaving a restaurant.

Prosecutor Remy Heitz confirmed on Wednesday that one victim had been left brain dead.

Around a dozen more people were injured - some of them seriously - and a Strasbourg mosque posted on Facebook to say one of its members was in a coma after being hit in the head.

Image:Police officers patrolled in front of Strasbourg's cathedral on Wednesday night

Image:People have been leaving candles and flowers at the scene

Grande Mosquee Eyyub Sultan de Strasbourg named the man as "Brother Kamal", who worked as a mechanic.

An Italian radio journalist was also reported to be fighting for his life after taking a bullet to the head.

Antonio Megalizzi, 28, from the northern city of Trento, was in Strasbourg to cover a session of the European Parliament, reported Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

Chekatt was shot in the arm during a gunfight with police but managed to escape in a taxi, boasting of the attack to the driver, who was forced to drop him in another part of the city.

Image:German police officers were searching vehicles at the border

Authorities say he exchanged more gunfire with police and disappeared.

During an operation to try to arrest Chekatt on Tuesday morning, hours before the attack, officers found a grenade, rifle and four knives.

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Prosecutor Remy Heitz said: "Considering the target, his way of operating, his profile and the testimonies of those who heard him yell 'Allahu Akbar', the anti-terrorist police have been called into action."

Strasbourg's mayor also said the shooting was indisputably a terrorist attack.

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